Illustration festival set to delight Singaporeans

You might not see their work on huge canvases hanging in museums or galleries, but that doesn’t mean the work of Singapore’s illustrators are any less art than their more traditional counterparts. In this vein, a brand new art event will be putting their work at the forefront, and if all goes according to plan, The Illustration Arts Fest will become an annual fixture in Singapore’s many art events.
This special festival will feature between one hundred and two hundred illustrators, who will be on hand to greet visitors, give live demonstrations of their art, discuss their roles as illustrators, and conduct hands-on workshops with interested visitors. It will be sure to be an exciting and novel event, especially since it is the first of its kind in Singapore. All of the illustrators’ art will be available to purchase.
Indeed, many illustrators aren’t as visibly famous as other visual artists, most of them laboring in relative anonymity behind social media avatars or bylines on projects. This event gives the public an opportunity to meet illustrators and understand the kind of work they do. One illustrator attending the festival commented on how it is something of a struggle, at times, for illustrators to make ends meet. If they do sell pieces, it’s not on the same scale of traditional artists, though there might arguably be more opportunities for them commercially and otherwise.
One of the most exciting special events organized in conjunction with the festival is a free opportunity to see illustrators at work. Participants will say a word, phrase, or situation, and then right there, on the spot, an illustrator will create an illustration based on what the participant says. Perhaps one of the most famous illustrators who will be on hand during the celebrations is the illustrator behind the lauded graphic novel “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.” The work won a literature prize this year. He will be conducting a talk about the graphic novel as well as giving a lecture about storytelling through comics.
Overall, illustrators who are taking part in the event hope they show that there are many different styles of their chosen art, and that Singapore is becoming a lively hub for creative work.
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To learn more about the new illustration festival, go to http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/draw-of-illustrating.